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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

ALL the difference in the world-that be-
tween the north and south pole.-LJs
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

ONE acre enough-especially if it be q
tender corn.-7eras Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

In the small boys swimming season UNI
dressed kids are too common to be fashion,
able.-New Haven NeUs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

WHY is chicken pie like a gunsmith's
shop! Because it contains fowlin.piecea
-New Age.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15
Ladies Of tho White House

LOVES to be sat upon-the dude. Espe.
cially if it is a pretty girl
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

IT was railroad man who wrote the
poem in which occurs ''The deadly you
pass tree"
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

A HUSBAND is frequently very great sir
prize to woman.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

A FIRM resolve-a determination among
business men to 60 into partnership.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

Why is a drawn tooth like thing no
longer remembered Because it is out OF
the head.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-06-15

The fish question-'is it fresh:'-Lo'osa
Citizen.
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A MEDICAL authority-the health Office
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cookies
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS.

TIE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY.
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The 'Favorite Prescription
poor suffering women"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-21
SOCIETY IN CHINA.
Some Curious Habits Entirely Opposite -
western Civilization.

Some Curious Habits Entirely Opposite -
Western Civilization.
The highest ambition of Chinese gentle
man is to have q nice coffin and fine fl-
neral, writes Wong Chin Foo.
Old women instead of the young are the
idols of society.
Lovemaking is only done three days be-
fore marriage. It is not only considered the
safest way to get ahead Of rival, but ths
surest way to get wife without losing much
time.
A previous acquaintanceship between the
male and female prevents them from mar
riage. For this reason man seldom weds
girl Of his own town.
man could borrow money on the strength
Of his having son, but no one would ad-
vance him q cent If he had dozen of daugh-
ters. The former is responsible for the debts
of bis father for three generations. The lat
ter is only responsible for the debts Of her
own husband.
When q Chinaman meets another, he
shakes and squeezes his own hands; covers
his head. If great friends had not seen each
other for q long time, after the mutual hand
shaking they would rub shoulders until they
became tired. Instead of asking each others
health, they would say: Have you eaten
your rice? Where are you going? What ID
your business when you get there? How
old are you you, 3, and how much did you pay for
your shoes r.
Men wear long petticoats and carry fans,
while the women wear short jackets and
carry canes.
Boats are drawn by horses; carriages
moved by sails.
Old men play ball and fly kites, while
children fold their arms and look on.
If Chinaman desires the death of an
enemy he goes and hangs himself upon his
neighbor's door. 1t is a sure cure to kill not
only that particular enemy, but members OF
his entire family will be in jeopardy of losing
their lives.
When Chinaman desires visitor to dine
with him he does not ask him to do so, but
when he does not wish him to stay he puts
the question "Oh, please stay and dine with
meI' The visitor will then know he is not
wanted.
A rich mans servant gets no salary, yet
many are the applicants; while big salaries
are paid to the servants of the common
people, but few make applications. The per-
quisities of the former, often more than
triple the salaries of the latter, are the sole
reasons of these differences.
When Q Chinaman expects present and
1t does not come, he sends one of lesser
value.
To encourage honesty and sincerity conf
Dental clerks and statesmen in all branches
of industry receive an annual net percentage
of the firms business besides their regular
salary.-Good Housekeeping.
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cures who dlsdsin Ices approve Of these
and 70 dainty housekeepers are trying
their hands q making the beautiful des-
serts. which are, in reality, quite mex
pensive, only the trouble costing.
Seeing the name Of Mr.. Peter Marie
among the list Of those who sailed
the other day reminds me Of the time
when, by her graceful tact, Madame Nils
SON extricated herself from IN awkward
situation. She was dining out and some
question Of . goodbye kiss came up.
Looking around the table she saw there
were none but bachelors present, 80 she
announced that she was willing to give .
goodbye kiss to any husband there.
Mr.. Marie, her host, said: "Ah madame,
even ! am cut of from this great pleas
ure r.. But with . wondrous wit she
gave him kiss, because, as she explained,
bachelor though he was, "Tows etes
nasjS' you are msrried)-the very
decided accent given to the name making
1t correct. thought of this, for It is the
only bon mot have ever heard attributed
to the fair If cold Marguerite. BAB.
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THE JUBILEE CAKE.
The Queen Presented with Monster Ts,
Feet In Height.

The Queen Presented with Monster Ten
Feet In Height.
One of the incidents Of the jubilee celebra-
ton In England was the presentation Of
cake to the Queen by the firm that had sup
piled the coronation cake fifty years before.
The Jubilee cake is about nine feet six inches
in circumference ten feet high, and weighs,
without the decorations, over q quarter of
ton. The design represents the crown,
guarded by hons surmounted by q temple
bearing figures of Fame and Glory, with
trumpets in their hands, heralding the jubi-
lee to the four quarters of the world. These
again are surmOunted by temples crowned
by winged figure of Peace. bearing the
crown of empire; the panels of the base en-
broidered in gold on white satin, and each Of
which are worth three guineas, bear the
royal monogram, and between them are
figures in relief representing the four quar-
tiers of the world. Medallions between the
lions are correct portraits in relief of her
majesty and his royal highness the Prince
Consort at the time of the royal marriage,
1910; of her majesty in the year 1857 (taken
for Canada); of her majesty at the present
time as Queen and Empress of India. The
other medallions bear the names of the prin-
cipal portions of the empire. The border
round the top of the actual cake, which is
particularly we'll executed, represents a gar
land of rose, shamrock and thistle. The
making of the entire cake has kept two
specialists busy for the last four months.
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THE PAGAN IDEA OF DEATH.
Its Eject Upon the Character Of the
Ancient Greek.

Its Eject Upon the Character Of the
Ancient Greek.
Death was the beautiful genius, twin
brother of sleep, who extinguished the torch
as gently as the moon steals out when the
sun has set. He was no grisly King of Ter
rors, with his scythe in his fleshless hand,
grinning in mockery as he mows down the
laughing crowds chasing that phantom,
Pleasure, over the steep edge into the un.
fathomable abyss. He was the fair-faced
soft-heshed, poppy-crowned, who came with
noiseless steps, and led the wearied soul to
rest with tender hand. Though Hades was
dim and dark, and the fields of Asphodel
were but sorrowful Fairgrounds for the
strengthless heads of those WHO had W on the
prizes at Olympia and tanned horses at Ellis,
still the idea Of death was more beneficent
than malevolent, and his form was as
beautiful as the fate he heralded was at the
least free from pain and torture. Before
that inevitable time should have come when
the last farewells must needs be said and the
fair things Of earth abandoned, the Greek
filled up his rose crowned cup to the brim
and drank the wine of happiness to the last
clear drop. Wherever he went and what
ever he did he surrounded himself with
beauty as with q garment; and the rhyth-
mic harmonies of his early education pene-
trated his mature existence and made his
whole world melodious. FOrtnightly RsvisW.
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record I think none 90 remarkable ~
this, % the seed 10 not only enabled to
leap from the pseudo pod, but to plant
itself securely In the earth-one Of the
most interesting instances In all plant
life. The alfilarea 10 found growing in
many instances In hard, adobe ground,
where the surface is to some extent sun
baked, and It is very doubtful II many
seeds would obtain foothold If nature
did not give them some special means;
they would perhaps be pushed to the
wall in the struggle that evidently
exists.
Taking small section Of the soil be-
meath the plants, found that II was per-
forated in every direction by the seeds
and their stalks, their numbers being
sufficient to attract horses 4nd cattle,
who will eat the upper crust or portion
of the surface for the purpose Of obtain
ing these buried seeds.
When the seeds are ripe the arms sud-
denly bend upon themselves, the recoil
sending the little projectiles in every
direction. As they land upon the ground
they resemble minute arrows. The seed
with its covering of short bronzed hairs
represents the barb, while the shaft is
the seed stalk or arm. The moment the
latter is free or drops from the pseudo
pod 1t bends, the motion reveals several
long white hairs that have until now lain
parallel with it. The stalk bends SO rap
idly that in ten seconds 1t is at right
angles to the seed, and is seen to be twist
ing, the long white hairs twitching like
the attenuated legs of some curious
the tendency Is to push the seed into the
ground with an auger-like movement, and
as the latter is all one way, as we observe
it, it is evident that the arm will twist
into perfect screw before the seed is
planted.
If now we place drop of water upon a
tightly twisted arm it will Immediately
begin to uncoil; but note that the re-
verse motion has yet propelling effect
upon the seed and forces 1t in. The
suns rays soon dry the water we have
placed upon it, when the original move
ment is begun again. The philosophy
of all this is evident-the arm twists
when dry and untwists when moistened
and nature provides these two conditions
in day and night
In q few hours these apparently
animated screw-drivers will force their
seeds into the earth; not by screwing
them, it must be remembered, a. the
arm only twists, and by the continual
pushing of the tips in its gyrations the
barbed seed is forced into the earth.
have one of these seeds planting itself
by my side as I write. The stalk OF
arm when moistened makes revolution
in about one minute. When the moisture
evaporates from the heat of the apart.
ment the opposite motion is commenced
so at the will of moisture and drynesa
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,ty, until in the eastern mid-winter in

riety, until in the eastern mid-winter in
February or later I have sat upon my
horse knee-deep in flowers and watched
the snow whirling upon the distant
range and tossed into the air by the
mountain gale.
Beauty Of form, rich contrasts of color
and infinite variety are not the only at
fractions the botanist finds in the valley
Of the angels. Curious conditions of
plant life and strange notifications are
everywhere seen. In leaning from my
horse one day to gather some flowers I
felt sharp blow upon my face, and soon
observed that minute projectiles were
being launched from some invisible
source. Dismounting and reclining on
the mesa discovered that the projectiles
proceeded from the alfilarea, the Southern
California substitute for grass, that af-
fords such an interesting example of dis.
persal. The seeds were just ripe, and
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further their tricks aud beliefs among
the superstitious. The would-be sorce-
rers described the seed as the leg of a
magic spider, and showed their credu-
lous auditors that it would squirm at
their command. By placing the mouth
near the supposed spiders leg the i'm
postor would deftly dampen 1t by his
breath, and 90 produce the squirming
motion. The movement of the arm Of
the oat is much more rapid than in the
one described, though not any more
effective in planting, If as much.
The force with which these seeds pene-
trate foreign substances is somewhat
remarkable. In making sections l have
found them completely penetrating .
leef, and nearly all were in the ground
to greater or less depth, or at least
covered, and can only be pulled out by
breaking the arm, the earth about them
being baked hard and dry.
6. F. HOLDER.
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Tnu DARKTowM DUEL.
Kslsss1 sy one ef the Seconds.


Dsf was great kermoshun
In Dc heaft OBJ Andrew Jones,
When he herd dat Eberneesar
Was q waitin' TO- his bones.
Ole Kibosh Johnsln's dawter
Was Dc cause oh al dc fuss;
An Dc wimmsn and de men folks
On'y tried TO make Il wuss.
Andrew Jones, he was Or arts
On de high an lofty scale,
Fo' he monkeyed wild de ceilin'
An de whitewash brish an pail.
Eberneezar was er waiter
An er singer OBJ Dc hash,
An he wore or yaller necktie,
Put bar grease on his mustache.
Bof was courtin' Johnsin's dawtef,
Bof was tryin' fo' to get
In de 'fecshuns Of Merlisser
An de Johnsin rocks, 20 bet.
Den dey had er altercashun
An de lie was passed-an' day
Went out on de fiel OBJ battle
Fo' TO spill dar gore erway.
Wild . pistil in each right han
Back to back we put dose coons;
An dar buxsoms dey was putin
like er par OBJ gas berloons.
Den we started 'em er walkin'-
Twenty passes was de bound;
Den We gin de word to stop EN-
Bws dsy ns6er look around.
Den I went an tole Merlisser
All erbout de bloody fray;
An I tole her dot I lobe her
An by gol /! she name de day.
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rel; but after the December, January
Or February rains the entire country
seems to bloom. out as if by magic.
The mesa at the foot of the Sierra
Madres takes on fiery yellow hue,
80 vivid and intense that it is seen
far out at sea, the sailors calling the coun-
try "the land of fire."
The cause of this charge of color is the
poppy that suddenly puts in an appear
ance, and by somewhat erratic distri-
button it grows in long lanes or rivers
winding over the San Gabriel valley,
presenting q wonderfully attractive
sight.
In no country have I seen such q
wealth of flowers, variety succeeding va
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FRENCH FRATERNITY.
How II Imprsssss Itself Upen ths Noslss -
Other People.

How 10 Impresses Itself Upon the Notleo -
Other People.
In France indeed, fraternity is - II wsgO
In the air. This sentiment, which b tie
poetic side of the notion Of equality, -
which the French have been 20 profoundly
attached since the very beginnings Of mod
ern society, during the breakup Of the mid.
die ages, IL TO be read in the expression and
demeanor Of every one to be met with 10
the streets - unmistakably as IL u stamped
on all the buildings belonging TO the state.
insensibly you find yourself setting out with
the feeling that every stranger y
either q Paris or ct the smallest provincial
town-Calais itself, say--the absence of In
dividual competition, Of personal preoccupa-
ton, Of all the varied inhospitality, the stony,
inaccessible cself-absorption which depress the
stranger in London whenever he IL out Of
profoundly grateful warmth the very cookies
Of the Americans heart. At first it seems a.
II all the world were really ones friends.
People with such an aspect and department
would be, certainly. in New York; in New
borrow money Of them without security.
You look for the personal feeling, the
warmth, the glow which such evident
amenity- stimulates in your own breast.
You find no real response. You feel some
what imposed upon and resentful. Nothing
is less agreeable to the Anglo-Saxon heart
than to discover that it has beaten with un-
reasonable warmth, that the occasion really
called for no indulgence Of sentiment. You
understand Thackeray's feeling toward the
"distinguished foreigner whom he met
crossing the channel, and who readily adj
mitted the superiority of the Briton on the
seas or elsewhere" only to discover himself,
the voyage over, in his real character OF
hotel runner-or, as Thackeray puts II, IAN
impudent, sneaking, swindling French hunl-
bug."-W. C. Bro,cNen IN Scrt6ner's Ad0asiNs.
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A BACKYARD Boom,

what are you doing, Tommy" asked .
sticking up stakes around the back yard.
"Platin' addition" replied the young
hopeful, whose father is q real-estate agent.
"How are sales?'
"Bully, ma! Stubby Jones takes that
corner there by the gate for a peanut an
lem made stand, Bill Smith and Dutchy take
u block by the barn for their circus an Hen
Jones is talkin' bout takin' two lots by the
apple tree for to tie up his dog ON SOS his dad
can't shoot it. Say, ma, I'll let We in on the
ground floor ON that lot by the corner O. the
house there to stand yer flower pots on-take
it for five cents an handful o rais'ns. See
in's it's you."-Dak0t0 Bell.
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THE PRICE OF POETRY.
Longfellow's Crescendo Scale Of Rsmu.
neratiOn for His Work.

neration for His Work.
In the "Final Memorials of Longfellow"
these interesting figures are given by his
brother: "For his early poems, published
during the last year of his college course in
the United States Literary Gazette, Mr.. Long
fellow received sometimes 81, sometimes 81.
according to their length; this was in 1925.
In 1S4O41 The Village Blacksmith 'Endy-
mion' and Gods Acre brought him SIS
each; The Goblet of Life and The River
Charles, So Then in 1874, for The CLEAN
of Sunshine The Arsenal and 'Nurem.
berg he received $50 each. This remained
the price up to The Ladder of Saint Angus
tine and The Phantom Ship in 1850. After
this there is no record. but later on he be-
gan to receive 500 to $50 for poem. The
Harpers paid q 900 for 'Keramos ana the
same for 'Morituri salutsmqs; BonnefSoS
Crane Mr.. Longfellow noted his Income
from his writings in 1910 as e219; in 1912 it
was $517; in 1s45 (the year of the poets and
poetry of America) $2,Os0; in 1876, 81, 800;
the next year, 81, 100; in 1850, 81 800; then
1880 and 81 100, and there the record
stops"
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sh. Rsoogni..d In. symptoms.

"Mary," he murmured fondly, did you
ever feel restless Auttef4hg Of the heart
because some one was absent; q sort of
vacant longing which needed the dear pres
enoe Of some loved personality to dispel itr
~ have, Augustus, Ihsve."
ibid you ever feel - Il the absence Of
some one individual from this earth would
make it uninhsbitsble To you-would leave
Il . void through which you must wander
simleesly and donsf' VI.
p"Why. yes, Augustus. felt Just that way
when some cruel, wicked ,person went and
Ard xnEst9s savs g up in dspAir.-
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NO LONGER DOES

The average man condemn cf-hand
medicine because Of the fact that it is
advertised. The world is becoming
greater believer in printers ink each
year. Sensible men see no good or
valid reason for refusing to aeknowl-
edge the undeniable benefit ofa valuable
discovery simply because Of the fact
that it is made known to the world
through the worlds greatest educator,
the public press.
Or. WORTHlNGTON's
Cholera and Dlarrhoa Medicine
has been before the public for more than
TWENTY FIVE YEARS. II is a
standard remedy advocated by physi-
clans the country over. Among other
distinguished indorsers are:
HON. M. W. RANSOM. U. 8. Senator from
North Carolina.
BRIG. GEN'L W. p. ROBERTS. late Auditor
State of North Carolina.
HON. W. T. CRAWFORD. Judge, williams.
ton, n. C.
HON. }. W. MOORE, Historian of North
Carolina.
HON. T. r. JERNIGAN, Norfolk, Va.
MIR. j. w. PERRY, Merchant, Norfolk, Va.
MIR. w. w. SMITH, Raleigh, N. C.
MIR. WILL LOTION HARGRAvE, ,wesleya.
Female College, Murfreesboro, N. C.
REV. e. h. RIDDICK. President Kittricks
Female College
REV. j. H. DAVIS. President Wesleyan -
male College, Murfreesboro', N. C.
HON. w. N. H. SMITH, Chief Justice su,
prcme Court, North Carolina.
GEN'L E. WARREN. late Purveyor General
G. 8. A.
HON. W. A. MOORE. ex-Judse Supreme
Court of North Carolina.
HON. j. EDWIN MOORE. Attorney at Law,
Raleigh, e..
COL. L. ID. sTARKE, Attorney Nor. and 81
K. r.
MIR. w. j. HARDIsON, Sheriff, Martin Co.,
\. C.
MIR. w. z. MORTON. JR., Editor Martin Co.
u. C.l Times.
MIR. WILSON c. LAMB, Winston, N. C.
ME. JOHN ID. BIGGs, BALTIC, Nor. & R. s. B.
60, Baitiu" Z, Md.
HON. Il. Il. HEATH, Judge, Edenton, N c.
REV. T. D. HAUGHTON, Rector Church Of
the Advent Di cese of North Carolina.
MIR. L. T. SPIERS, Murfreesboro', NC
Soldby Druggists and Dealers throughout The United
States Price treatyyf yfre cents
-Four bottles will be sent to any part Of the
United States, expressage paid, upon receipt Of
NOO.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimore, H.,
SOLE PRoPRIEToRs. iih
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(which am de properest way to suppress
one selfP Does yer say: We eated at the
table or We has dun ate at de table?'"
asked one Texas darky Of another, they
being engaged in grammatical discussion.
As they could not agree the question was re-
ferred to Uncle Nose for his decision, which
was
'In de case oh you two niggahs none Oh
you am 1ght'
"What am de proper way to say: We
eated at de table, Uncle Mosesr"
'De properest way for sich cattle as you
two am: We fed at de troft.' .'"-Tszas Sift-
tngs.
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When the Declaration Was First Printed.
The first publication Of the Declaration Of
Independence was made in Baltimore on the
present site of the Sun iron building, by Mary
Katharine Goddard, and sent to all the colo
Thomson, secretary Of the Congress- of 1910.
Miss Goddard was then publishing the Nary
land Journal, newspaper which was started
in l773 and went out Of existence in 1877, and
the Declaration was issued in the form of Q
supplement.-BalfimOrs Sun.
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Tramp-rm alineman by trade, mum, and
out of work. Could you
Housewife-What is lineman?
Tramp-A lineman, num- is one that in
spects lines.
Housewife-What kind of lines2
Tramp-Telegraph lines, mum, and tele-
phone lines, and
Housewife-Cl Clothes lires. I know you.
6camper.-Omaha Hsrold.
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A Hint to the Coroner.

"You gave tramp something to eat yes
terday, didn't YOUR
Young Wife-Yes, poor fellowi
"Gave him some OF your sponge cake,
didn't your
"Why, yes, 20 ldid. Whyr
Nothing. The paper says the body of .
man who had evidently died in great agony
was found in the willows this mOrning."-
OmaA0 World.
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HIS Thougtts Wsrs Far Beyond.

"Young man." he said. earnestly. do yol
fully into the futuref'
"You bet dol" was the emphatic ~
sponse. "pve got six-months' buyers 0p-
ton ON 10000 barrels Of crude oil, and just
now Pm spelling future with big, big r."
-New York 6wm.